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1
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Which component encrypts the virtual machine files?

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Data Encryption Key (DEK)

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For a powered off VM, how much additional free space on the datastore is required to delete a snapshot, committing the snapshot delta disk to the base disk?

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0 GB

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If you are repointing a vCenter Server to an existing domain, in which scenario would you need to run a precheck and why?

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Multiple vCenter Servers exist in the source domain.
Details: If the source domain contains multiple linked vCenter Servers, the repointing process involves additional steps to shut down the vCenter Server and unregister it from the source domain.

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You are creating a resource pool in a DRS cluster. Which state is FALSE?

  1. To specify a limit, select the Unlimited check box.
  2. When you create a child resource pool, the system applies admission control.
  3. The default CPU reservation is 0.
  4. The default memory limit is 0.
  5. If you choose Scale Descendant’s Shares, child pools use scalable share.
A

To specify a limit, select the Unlimited check box.

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A shared cache server appears to be suffering from storage congestion. Storage I/O Control is already enabled on all company datastores. Which two steps can you take to improve the performance of the cache server?

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  1. Configure storage shares per VM.
  2. Configure storage limits per VM.
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What are valid settings for Define Host Failover Capacity when configuring a vSphere HA cluster?

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  1. Dedicated Failover Hosts.
  2. Slot Policy (powered-on VMs).
  3. Cluster Resource Percentage.
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What’s the maximum percentage of bandwidth that can be reserved on a physical adapter using Network I/O Control (NOIC)?

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75% (i.e. 7.5 Gbps of a 10 Gbps adapter).

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What product introduced Virtual Hardware Version 20?

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ESXi 8.0

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What product introduced Virtual Hardware Version 19?

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ESXi 7.0 U2 (7.0.2)

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What product introduced Virtual Hardware Version 18?

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ESXi 7.0 U1 (7.0.1)

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What product introduced Virtual Hardware Version 17?

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ESXi 7.0

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What product introduced Virtual Hardware Version 15?

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ESXi 6.7 U2

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What product introduced Virtual Hardware Version 14?

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ESXi 6.7

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14
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Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP) valid settings in vSphere HA cluster > Failures and Responses:

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Datastore with PDL (Permanent Device Loss):
a. Issue Events.
b. Power Off and Restart VMs.

Datastore with APD (All Paths Down):
a. Issue Events.
b. Power Off and Restart VMs - Conservative Restart Policy.
c. Power Off and Restart VMs - Aggressive Restart Policy.

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15
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T/F: Datastores that are SIOC (Storage I/O Control) enabled must be managed by a single vCenter Server system.

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True

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16
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What recommendations can an administrator incorporate to improve vSphere vMotion performance?

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  1. Use at least two port groups.
  2. Use 10 Gbps Ethernet or above.
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17
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An admin is tasked to upgrade vSphere 6.7 to 7.0. What conditions could cause potential conflicts or outages to the VMs?

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  1. Use of third-party vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs) installed on ESXi hosts.
  2. The upgrade of a VDS 6.5 can cause a brief interruption of traffic (this is not the case if using VDS 6.6 or higher).
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18
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while creating a VM in vSphere 7.0, you want the virtual disk AND NVDIMM devices to share the same PMem resources. Which option is used?

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In the Storage Type settings, select PMem. If you chose this option for a VM, its default virtual disk, new virtual disk, and NVDIMM devices share the same PMem resources.

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19
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T/F: During vSphere 7.0 upgrades, VMFS3 is automatically upgraded to VMFS5.

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True

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20
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T/F: During vSphere upgrades, VMFS5 cannot be upgraded to VMFS6. You must create a VMFS6 datastore and migrate VMs to it.

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True

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21
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An administrator wants to be able to send vCenter Server log files to a remote syslog server and analyze logs using vRealize Log Insight. What step must the admin take to meet this requirement?

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Configure log file forwarding using the vCenter Server Management Interface.

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22
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You want to change the logging for the VMware Tools installation so that vminst.log is sent to the host, but vmmsi.log remains in the VM. What option is used?

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Vmx.log.guest.level = “info”

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23
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An administrator is unable to manage certificates with the vSphere Client. What is another supported option that can be used to manage certificates?

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Command Line Interface.

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24
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What is the value %DRPTX for when using ESXTOP?

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The percentage of transmit packets dropped. It indicates that the physical network adapter cannot meet the demand, perhaps due to load from other VMs.

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25
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How does vSphere handle memory allocation during the instant clone process?

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A unique pool is created per child virtual machine using copy-on-write.

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26
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An admin wants to configure vCenter Server HA so that each node is located in a different datacenter. What is the network latency requirement?

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Network latency between the nodes must be less than 10 milliseconds.

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27
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An admin is not able to enable ESXi secure boot. What is a possible cause of this?

  1. ESXi is using TPM version 1.2.
  2. ESXi is using UEFI.
  3. ESXi version is 7.0.
  4. vCenter Server version is 7.0.
A

ESXi is using TPM version 1.2.

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28
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Which vSphere log contains data about the agent that manages and configures the ESXi host?

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/var/log/hostd.log

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29
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What are two supported ESXi boot options?

  1. iSCSI
  2. NFS
  3. SAN
  4. vSAN
  5. vSphere vVOLs
A

iSCSI
SAN

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30
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What are two pre-requisites for enabling ESXi secure boot?

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  1. UEFI
  2. TPM 2.0
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31
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What is vSAN default storage policy?

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Mirroring (RAID1) (Two copies of data disks)

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32
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You are configuring a vSphere HA cluster and want to configure proactive HA. Which of the following is not a requirement?

  1. vSphere DRS
  2. A VMware-supplied plug-in.
  3. A vender-supplied vSphere Client plug-in.
  4. Host.Config.Quarantine and Host.Config.Maintenance privileges.
A

NOT: A VMware-supplied plug-in.

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33
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An admin can attach a baseline to which two inventory objects?

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  1. ESXi hosts.
  2. Data centers.
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34
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What does %RDY value indicate?

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High CPU contention.

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35
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WHich tool is used to monitor the vCenter Server Appliance resources?

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vimtop

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36
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What feature can an admin use for site availability with minimal effort and a low RPO?

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vSphere Replication

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37
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If Ephemeral port binding is configured, what is the max number of ports that can be created for a dvPort group on a VDS?

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1,016
Additional details: The max number of statis or dynamic ports that can be configured for a VDS is 10,000.

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38
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What are the memory share values for a VM by default (Normal)?

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10 shares per MB of configured RAM.

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39
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What iSCSI initiator does not support bi-directional CHAP authentication?

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Independent Hardware Initiator.

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40
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Which two technologies are supported in a VM using Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) technology?

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VM encryption.
Storage I/O Control.

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41
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T/F: The vCenter Server can be upgraded using a pre-configured customized JSON template.

A

True

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42
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What privilege is required to run the esxtop utility?

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Root user.

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43
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Which role is required in order to configure vCenter SSO?

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vCenter Single Sign-On Administrator.

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44
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Which step can an admin take so that vSphere can access patch information if vCenter Server does not have Internet access?

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Install VMware vSphere Update Manager Download Service on a Linux server.
UMDS on a Windows machine is no longer supported in version 7.

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45
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In a vSphere HA Cluster, which condition can be detected by datastore heartbeating?

A

Network Isolation.

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46
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What are common use cases for vGPUs?

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AI.
Machine learning.
High-end graphics in VDI.

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47
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Which of the following is a default setting when creating a resource pool in a vSphere DRS cluster?

  1. The Memory Limit is disabled.
  2. Memory Reservation is 0.
  3. CPU Reservation is normal.
  4. CPU Shares is 0.
A

Memory Reservation is 0.

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48
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What are two true statements regarding the use of firmware update packages in vSphere Lifecycle Manager?

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The firmware and drivers add-on is provided by a third-party vendor.
A hardware support manager must be registered as a vCenter Server extension.

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49
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What are three supported ESXi 7 boot options?

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SAN
iSCSI SAN
Software FCoE

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50
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What are the requirements to enable Microsoft virtualization-based security (VBS) for a Windows VM?

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Virtual hardware version 14 or later.
UEFI firmware.
Secure Boot.
Hardware Virtualization.
IOMMU (input-output memory management unit)

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An admin needs to configure Proactive HA so that VMs do not run on any partially degraded hosts. The admin would also like to see the recommendations before VMs are migrated. Which automation and remediation level should the administrator select?

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Manual Remediation Level: suggests migration recommendations.
Maintenance mode: ensured degraded hosts are not used.

INCORRECT:
Automated Remediation Level: VMs are migrated to healthy hosts.
Quarantine mode: balances performance. May use degraded hosts.

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52
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You are configuring a vSphere HA cluster and do not want it to automatically reserve resources for failure. What setting should you use?

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To disable admission control, set Define Host Failure Capacity to Disabled.

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53
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What permission must a user have in order to migrate a VM with vMotion?

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Resource > Assign Virtual Machine to Resource Pool on the destination ESXi host, cluster or resource pool.

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54
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What happens to VMs inside a resource pool when the resource pool is deleted?

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All VMs inside the pool are placed in the parent resource pool.

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55
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Cold migration of a compute resource is referring to…

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A suspended VM.

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56
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What Advanced System Setting would need to be modified if a vSphere admin wanted to prevent a physical uplink from participating in NIOC?

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Net.IOControlPnicOptOut

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57
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Which of the following is not a valid store in VECS?

  1. ESXi certificates store.
  2. Machine SSL certificates store.
  3. Trusted roots store
  4. Vpdx-extensions.
A

ESXi certificates store.

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58
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Which NFS Datastore Version can use multiple IP address?

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Version 4.1 can.
Version 3 cannot.

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You are configuring SIOC and want to change the contention threshold it uses to begin prioritizing I/O based on shares. What is an acceptable range?

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10 to 100 ms.

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60
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What is the minimum core requirement for successful installation, or upgrade, of ESXi on a host?

A

2

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61
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What log is in the same folder as the virtual machine configuration file?

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VMware.log

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An admin is tasked with upgrading an existing vSphere environment to version 7.0. The current configuration is using an external Platform Services Controller. Which two statements are true regarding this upgrade?

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The external Platform Services Controller needs to be converged into an embedded vCenter Server Appliance.
The external Platform Services Controller needs to be decommissioned following the deployment of the new vCenter Server Appliance.

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63
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What step is required when adding an existing hard disk that is configured as a boot disk during virtual machine creation?

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Remove the existing disk before adding the boot disk.

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You are configuring a hybrid vSAN cluster. By default, what percentage of the flash space is used as a write buffer?

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30% is used for the write buffer; 70% is used for the read cache.

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65
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You plan to implement vSphere 7.0 and use vSphere Fault Tolerance to protect virtual machines with two vCPUs. What is the minimum vSphere Edition that you need?

A

vSphere Standard and Enterprise.

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66
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You plan to implement vSphere 7.0 and use vSphere Fault Tolerance to protect virtual machines with eight vCPUs. What is the minimum vSphere Edition that you need?

A

vSphere Enterprise Plus.

67
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Virtual volumes are supported with NVMe-oF.

68
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In regards to permissions:

A

Assume propagation. User permission overrides group permission on same object. When multiple group permissions on a single object apply to a specific user, the union applies., except No Access overrides other roles.

69
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You need to configure an ESXi 7.0 host to access shared NVMe devices using RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) version 2. Which steps should you take?

A
  1. Add a software adapter to the host’s storage adapters.
  2. Configured a Vmkernal adapter.
  3. Navigate to Networking > RDMA Adapters and verify the Vmkernel adapter binding.

DETAILS: To configure an ESXi 7.0 host to access shared NVMe devices using RoCE Version 2, you create a new VMkernel virtual network adapter on a virtual switch and configure its uplink to use the RDMA paired uplink (for example, vmnic9). Navigate to Configure > Networking > RDMA Adapters to review the bindings. Select Add Software NVMe over RDMA Adapter.

70
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Which two steps would an administrator complete when configuring vCenter Server High Availability using the vSphere Client?

A
  1. Indicate that the Passive and Witness nodes have been manually created.
  2. Choose the data replication network for the Active, Passive, and Witness nodes.
71
Q

Which vCenter Server component provides Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) tokens?

A

STS (Security Token Service)

72
Q

What is the default path selection policy for most active-passive storage devices?

A

VMW_PSP_MRU (Most Recently Used)

73
Q

By default, what types of certificates are in Vmware Endpoint Certificate Store (VECS)?

A

Machine SSL Certificates.
Trusted Root Certificates.

74
Q

What is that minimum vCenter Server edition that supports vMotion?

75
Q

What vSphere feature helps prevent a single virtual machine from consuming all of the available resources on a shared datastore?

A

vSphere Storage I/O Control (SIOC)

76
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T/F: A supported guest OS installed on SCSI node 0:0 is required for guest OS customization.

77
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T/F: ESXi certificates are stored locally on each host in the /etc/vmware/ssl directory.

78
Q

How can you renew Vmware Certificate Authority-assigned certificates to an ESXi host if they have expired?

A

Disconnect the ESXi hosts and reconnect them to vCenter Server.

79
Q

What is the minimum virtual machine hardware version that supports 64 virtual cores?

A

Hardware version 9 (ESXi 5.1)

80
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During the conversion of a physical machine to a virtual machine, the following can be modified:

A

Which services will be running or set to automatic/manual/disabled.
Which network the adapters should attach, which to use, and how many to use.
Which disks to copy and whether to resize them (larger or smaller).
Which memory and CPU allocation to give the new VM, and which disk controller to use.

81
Q

What is the industry’s most advanced hybrid cloud platform?

A

Vmware Cloud Foundation (VCF)

82
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You are configuring storage policies for use with your vSAN cluster. Which of the following is not an available option?

  1. Secondary level of failures to tolerate.
  2. Number of replicas per object.
  3. Primary level of failures to tolerate.
  4. Number of disk stripes per object.
A

Number of replicas per object.

83
Q

What protocols are supported when using the file based backup feature in the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface?

A

FTP
FTPS
HTTP
HTTPS
SFTP
NFS
SMB

84
Q

Which virtual machine hardware version supports up to 4GB of VIDEO memory?

A

Virtual machine hardware version 17 (ESXi 7)

85
Q

T/F: The vCenter Server 7.0 instance incorporates the PSC services.

86
Q

What is the minimum host memory that Vmware recommends for a production environment?

87
Q

What is the required amount of memory for ESXi 7.0?

88
Q

What HA Advanced parameters can be used to extend the amount of time HA waits to power off virtual machines?

A

Set the das.isolationShutdownTimeout option to a value larger than 300 (5 minute default).

89
Q

What components do you need to configure when preparing for vVols in vSphere 7.0?

A

Protocol endpoints
Storage containers
Storage profiles
Replication configurations (if you plan to use vVols with replication)

90
Q

What should you enable in your vSAN cluster to save space by removing redundant data blocks?

A

Enable Deduplication and Compression (separate options are not provided).

91
Q

In vSphere 7, you want to export a virtual machine for portability to other systems.

A

Export to OVF.

92
Q

You are preparing to implement vSphere with Kubernetes. What type of virtual disk must you provide for storing logs, emptyDir and ConfigMaps?

A

Ephemeral. Ephemeral disks exist as long as the pod does.

93
Q

What command could be run to gather logs directly from ESXi shell (or SSH)?

A

Vm-support

94
Q

You are planning to implement a vSAN stretched cluster. Which of the following statements is true?

A

If you set PFFT to 0, you may be able to use SMP-FT (Symmetric Multiprocessing Fault Tolerance).

95
Q

You want to leverage LAGs with your VDS. How many LAGs are supported on a single host?

96
Q

You want to leverage LAGs with your VDS. How many LAGs are supported on a VDS?

97
Q

You want to use Predictive DRS. What is the minimum vSphere version you need?

A

vSphere 6.5

98
Q

You want to enable UEFI Secure Boot. To determine whether your ESXi host supports Secure Boot, which of the following steps should you take?

A

Use the following command: /usr/lib/vmware/secureboot/bin/secureBoot.py -c

99
Q

You are configuring permissions in a vSphere environment. When editing an existing permission, what property can you change?

100
Q

An administrator is deploying a vCenter Server Appliance and wants to join an existing vCenter Single Sign-On domain. What information is needed to join the existing vCenter SSO domain?

A

HTTPS port.
FQDN of the vCenter SSO server to join.
Domain name of the vCenter SSO server being joined.
Password of the vCenter SSO server administrator account.

101
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You want to enable passthrough for a network device on your ESXi host. You see that an orange icon is associated with a device. What action should you take and why?

A

Reboot the host. An orange icon indicates that the status of the device has changes, and you must reboot the host before you can use the device.

102
Q

You are planning to implement RAID 6 erasure coding for a virutal disk stored in a vSAN datastore. What percentage of the required capacity will be usable?

103
Q

You want to control the use of NetFlow within your distributed switch. Which type of network policy should you implement?

A

Monitoring

104
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You are enabling VM Monitoring in a vSphere HA cluster. You want to set the monitoring level such that its failure interval is 60 seconds. What option should you use?

A

Medium. The medium virtual machine monitoring level sets Failure Interval to 60 seconds and Reset Period to 24 hours.

105
Q

You are enabling direct ESXi access using local accounts. To change the password requirements, what step should you take?

A

Configure Security.PasswordQualityControl.

106
Q

You are configuring teaming policies in your vSphere 7 environment. What teaming option is not available for VSS?

A

Route Based on Physical NIC Load
The following NIC teaming options are available on vSS and vDS: Route Based on Originating Virtual Port, Route Based on IP Hash, Route Based on Source MAC Hash, and Use Explicit Failover Order.

107
Q

T/F: If a vCenter service fails, Vmware Service Lifecycle Manager restarts it.

A

True. Vmware Service Lifecycle Manager is a service running in vCenter server.

108
Q

Which feature is a prerequisite for Proactive High Availability?

A

vSphere DRS

109
Q

You want to enable a VDS health check for virtual switch teaming. What is the required VDS configuration for the virtual switch teaming policy health check?

A

At least two active NICs and two hosts.

110
Q

What two configuration tasks must be performed from the vCenter Server Management Interface?

A

Enable SSH login.
Add an Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.

111
Q

You are configuring EVC Mode in a vSphere cluster that uses Intel hardware. What value should you choose to set the EVC Mode to the lowest level that includes SSE4.2 instruction set?

112
Q

When configuring traffic shaping policies for your VSS, what is not an available setting?

A

Minimum Bandwidth.
When enabling traffic shaping on a VSS, the options available are Average Bandwidth, Peak Bandwidth, and Burst Size.

113
Q

You want to use DirectPath I/O in your vSphere 7 environment. Are Fault tolerance, Snapshots, and Hot adding virtual devices supported?

114
Q

You are using the vSphere Client to manage storage providers. What options are available to you?

A

Synchronize Storage Providers, Rescan, Remove, Refresh Certificate.
Replace is not an option.

115
Q

You are planning to implement vVols. What are logical I/O proxies?

A

Protocol endpoints (PEs), used for communication with virtual volumes and the virtual disk files.

116
Q

You are preparing to manage and troubleshoot a vSAN environment. What command-line interface provides a cluster-wide view and is included with the vCenter Server deployment?

A

Ruby vSphere Console (RVC)

117
Q

You want to create a custom TCP/IP stack for your ESXi 7.0 server. What services are available for a custom stack?

A

Management, vMotion, IP-based storage, Provisioning, Fault Tolerance logging, vSphere Replication, vSphere Replication NFC, and vSAN.

118
Q

You need your resource pool to use a two-pass algorithm to allocate reservations. In the second pass, excess pool reservation is allocated proportionally to VMs. What step should you take?

A

Ensure that vSphere 6.7 or higher is used?

119
Q

What is the latest version of VMFS that supports ESXi 6.5 and 7.0?

A

VMFS Version 6 provides access for ESXi 6.5 and later hosts.

120
Q

You want to address an application’s sensitivity to network latency by implementing a technology that presents a physical device with multiple virtual functions. What should you implement?

A

SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization) allows a single PCIe device to appear as multiple devices.

121
Q

You want to tag voice over IP data in your vSphere environment. What step should you take?

A

Implement a rule with Action = Tag. When marking traffic, you can create a rule to configure qualifiers to identify the data to be tagged and set Action to Tag.

122
Q

What are the default settings when creating a distributed port group?

A

The port group is set for elastic allocation and 8 ports.

123
Q

What should you configure for a trust relationship between a KMS and vCenter?

A

vSphere client, select the vCenter Server > Configuration > Key Management Servers.

124
Q

In your vSphere environment where VASA is not implemented, you are planning to leverage storage policies associated with devices in your storage array. What type of policies should you create?

A

VM storage policy for tag-based placement.

125
Q

You are responsible for performing certificate management for your ESXi hosts. What privilege do you need?

A

Certificates.Manage Certificates

126
Q

T/F: Port Blocking is not available on a VSS.

127
Q

You want to configure your ESXi host’s acceptance level such that you cannot install VIBs signed at or below the PartnerSupported level but you can install VIBs signed at higher levels. What acceptance level should you choose?

A

VMwareAccepted

128
Q

What is the minimum DRS migration threshold in which virtual machine happiness is considered?

129
Q

You are testing Storage DRS (SDRS) in a scenario where the utilized space on one datastore is 82% and it is 79% on another. You observe that SDRS does not make a migration recommendation. What might be the reason?

A

The Space Utilization Difference threshold is set too high.

130
Q

You need to configure a VM to utilize N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV). What is required?

A

RDM: a mapping file containing metadata that resides in a VMFS5 datastore.

131
Q

T/F: In vCenter Server 7.0, the system roles include read-only, administrator, no access, no cryptography administrator, trusted infrastructure administrator, and no trusted infrastructure administrator.

132
Q

You want to adopt zero-trust security and automated network deployment. What product should you use?

A

Vmware NSX

133
Q

What product provides connection, WAN optimization, and bulk migrations?

A

HCX. It is a workload mobility platform that simplifies application migration, workload rebalancing, and business continuity across on-premises data centers, private clouds, and hybrid clouds.

134
Q

What product should you use to build custom workflows to support XaaS (Anything as a Service)?

A

vRO (vRealize Orchestrator); a key component of vRA (vRealize Automation)

135
Q

What is the minimum ESXi version that can migrate a VM with a 2.5 TB virtual disk?

136
Q

In a vSphere Cluster what is true if the primary host detects datastore heartbeats for a secondary host but no network heartbeats or ping responses?

A

The primary host assumes that the secondary host is isolated or in a network partition.

137
Q

To add a global permission, what privilege do you need?

A

Permissions.Modify Permission privilege on the global root object.

138
Q

What certificate modes for ESXi does vCenter Server support?

A

Vmware Certificate Authority, Custom Certificate Authority, and Thumbprint Mode.
Vmware Endpoint Certificate Store Mode is not a valid mode.

139
Q

What is the key size requirement for a vSphere environment?

A

2048 to 16,384 bits.

140
Q

What is the path to configure vSphere Replication using the vSphere Client?

A

Home > Site Recovery > Open Site Recovery

141
Q

You are hardening you ESXi hosts. Who can access the DCUI when using normal lockdown mode?

A

Users identified in the host’s DCUI.Access advanced option.
Accounts on the Exception Users list and that have administrator privileges on the host.

142
Q

You want to perform multiple simultaneous virtual machine migrations for a four-node DRS cluster with a 10 GigE vMotion network and multiple datastores. What is the maximum simultaneous operations allowed without any queueing?

A

One Storage vMotion operation and four vMotion operations.

143
Q

You have taken multiple snapshots for a VM. In the vSphere Client Snapshot Manager, where is the You Are Here icon located?

A

Under the parent (current) snapshot.

144
Q

What are the uses cases for Site Recovery Manager (SRM)?

A

Disaster Recovery and Planned datacenter Migrations.

145
Q

T/F: Host IP addresses must persist across reboots in vSphere HA.

146
Q

You want to decrease time and effort spent on root cause analysis in your data center. What product should you use?

A

vRealize Log Insight (vRLI)

147
Q

What root objects can be created in the inventory pane of the vSphere Client?

A

Data centers, and VM folders.

148
Q

What tool can be used to monitor the free space in the vCenter Server database?

A

Df https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/76563

149
Q

T/F: In vSphere Distributed Power Management (DPM), the vMotion NIC must support WOL.

150
Q

You want to have a backup in case you ever need to restore vSphere Trusted Authority. What should you do?

A

Keep a copy of the files that you exported while configuring vTA.

151
Q

You want to provide continuous performance optimization and intelligent remediation in your vSphere software-defined data center. What product should you use?

A

vROps (vRealize Operations)

152
Q

You are configuring permissions in vCenter Server. What privilege is required for a user to use Storage vMotion to migrate a VM?

A

Resource.Migrate Powered On Virtual Machine

153
Q

What is the default shutdown order of VMs on a host?

A

Reverse of the startup order

154
Q

You are troubleshooting a VM by using the vSphere Client. What debugging and statistics advanced settings are available?

A

Run Normally, Record Debugging Information, Record Statistics, Record Statistics and Debugging.

155
Q

T/F: You want to perform a cross-vCenter Server migration in vSphere 7.0. If separate SSO domains are used, you must use the APIs to perform the migration.

156
Q

A yellow alarm is raised due to a host’s certificate expiration date. What is the date range for a yellow alarm?

A

The certificate will expire in more than two and in less than eight months.

157
Q

An administrator sees a VM message “Consolidation is required.” What action does ESXi take when the administrator completes snapshot consolidation?

A

Commits redundant delta disks to the base disk.

158
Q

What two features are only supported by VMFS6 datastores?

A

4K native storage devices.
Automatic space reclamation.

159
Q

You want to streamline the development of modern applications using a familiar single stack for containers and VMs. What product should you use?

A

vSphere with Tanzu

160
Q

What is a necessary step of configuring vSphere Trust Authority?

A

Configure the trusted key provider for the trusted hosts on the trusted cluster.

161
Q

T/F: During a vMotion migration without shared storage, the virtual disk data is transferred over the vMotion network.

162
Q

You want to provide replication for you vSphere VMs to a remote site. What includes the required software?

A

vSphere Standard.

163
Q

Which of the following is supported when using Quickstart to configure a vSAN cluster?

  1. Hosts with dissimilar network configurations.
  2. ESXi 6.5
  3. Network I/O Control (NIOC) version 2.
  4. Fibre Channel storage

VMware VCP-DCV 7.x (1 decks)

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